About Chakthani Village

Chakthani is a small village in Surajgarha tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 69 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6.8 hectares hectares.

How Chakthani compares

By the 2011 count Chakthani is the 98th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents. Its 6.8 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Chakthani

Chakthani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chakthani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chakthani from other places

Chakthani lies about 20 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Lakho Railway St., about 8.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Villages closest to Chakthani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Surajgarha tehsil.

• Ballichak under 2 km
• Chak Abdul Kadir Bandobasti under 2 km
• Chak Abdul Kadir Nizamat under 2 km
• Chak Jalil under 2 km
• Abgil Hasimpur 6.7 km
• Maghar 7.9 km

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.